Twenty-four members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences signed a letter urging that "none of the black and white students and employees who raised demands against Harvard's racist practices be punished."

The letter, which will appear in the Jan. 5 CRIMSON, said that. "action by students and others demanding change was necessary" when Harvard reacted to demands by defending its "racist practices."

The statement endorsed the demands of students and condemned the University's policy of "relegating blacks to the classification of 'painter's helper' in which they earn less money than 'painters' for doing the same work." They recommended that "all 'painter's helpers' be promoted immediately to 'painters 'and that 20 percent black and other minority group workers be hired at all levels at Harvard construction sites" -one of OBU's demands.

The Faculty members expressed concern for the "repression and intimidation against black people which permeates our society." "It is time for faculty members to take an explicit stand against racism," the letter said.

Signers

Among the twenty-four Faculty members who signed were: Hilary W. Putman. professor of Philosophy: Jack R. Stauder. instructor in Social Anthropology: Jonathan R. Beckwith. professor of Bacteriology and Immunology; and David J. Jhirall, instructor in Astronomy.

New Art Institute

Harvard is setting up a summer institute which will teach management and administration of the creative arts.

The new institute will be a summer program which will concentrate in three basic areas: management, administration of art organizations, and impact of management of artistic objectives.

"This is not a pilot program," said Douglas Schwalbe, promotion director of the Loeb Drama Center and the director of the program. "This institute perceives a need in the field of the arts-that of administrators This program is the first of its kind in the United States."

The program, called the Summer School Institute in Arts Administration, will last four weeks in July, with an enrollment of about 50 students

The institute will have a fixed curriculum with no electives. Case analyses will be the basis of classroom discussion. "The case method will involve written descriptions of actual situations with enough details for students to make judgments on individual cases." Schwalbe said.